1974–75 in Scottish football

The 1974–75 season was the 102nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 78th season of Scottish league football. At the start of the season, Meadowbank Thistle were admitted to the league, expanding Division Two from 19 to 20 teams. It was the final season of the old, two-division set up. At the end of the season, the top ten teams in Division One formed the new Premier Division. The remaining eight teams, together with the top six from Division Two went on to make up the new First Division. The remaining 14 teams became the new Second Division.^[1]

1974–75 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Falkirk
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Glenrothes
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hibernian
Scotland national team
1975 BHC, UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

This season also saw Celtic's record-breaking run of nine consecutive league championships come to an end when Rangers won the last Division One league title.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangers (C)	34	25	6	3	86	33	+53	56	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Hibernian	34	20	9	5	69	37	+32	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup First round
3	Celtic	34	20	5	9	81	41	+40	45	Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	Dundee United	34	19	7	8	72	43	+29	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup First round
5	Aberdeen	34	16	9	9	66	43	+23	41
6	Dundee	34	16	6	12	48	42	+6	38
7	Ayr United	34	14	8	12	50	61	−11	36
8	Hearts	34	11	13	10	47	52	−5	35
9	St Johnstone	34	11	12	11	41	44	−3	34
10	Motherwell	34	14	5	15	52	57	−5	33
11	Airdrieonians	34	11	9	14	43	55	−12	31	Relegation to Scottish First Division
12	Kilmarnock	34	8	15	11	52	68	−16	31
13	Partick Thistle	34	10	10	14	48	62	−14	30
14	Dumbarton	34	7	10	17	44	55	−11	24
15	Dunfermline Athletic	34	7	9	18	46	66	−20	23
16	Clyde	34	6	10	18	40	63	−23	22
17	Morton	34	6	10	18	31	62	−31	22
18	Arbroath	34	5	7	22	34	66	−32	17

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables
(C) Champions

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: See explanation above

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falkirk (C)	38	26	2	10	76	29	+47	54	Promotion to the 1975–76 First Division with restructuring
2	Queen of the South	38	23	7	8	77	33	+44	53	Promotion to the 1975–76 First Division with restructuring
3	Montrose	38	23	7	8	70	37	+33	53
4	Hamilton Academical	38	21	7	10	69	30	+39	49
5	East Fife	38	20	7	11	57	42	+15	47
6	St Mirren	38	19	8	11	74	52	+22	46
7	Clydebank	38	18	8	12	50	40	+10	44
8	Stirling Albion	38	17	9	12	67	55	+12	43
9	Berwick Rangers	38	17	6	15	53	49	+4	40
10	East Stirlingshire	38	16	8	14	56	52	+4	40
11	Stenhousemuir	38	14	11	13	52	42	+10	39
12	Albion Rovers	38	16	7	15	72	64	+8	39
13	Raith Rovers	38	14	9	15	48	44	+4	37
14	Stranraer	38	12	11	15	47	65	−18	35
15	Alloa Athletic	38	11	11	16	49	56	−7	33
16	Queen’s Park	38	10	10	18	41	54	−13	30
17	Brechin City	38	9	7	22	44	85	−41	25
18	Meadowbank Thistle	38	9	5	24	26	87	−61	23
19	Cowdenbeath	38	5	11	22	39	76	−37	21
20	Forfar Athletic	38	1	7	30	27	102	−75	9

Source: "1974-1975 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
(C) Champions

Champions: Falkirk
Promotion / relegation: see explanation above

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1974–75	Celtic	3 – 1	Airdrieonians
League Cup 1974–75	Celtic	6 – 3	Hibernian
Junior Cup	Glenrothes	1 – 0	Rutherglen Glencairn

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Peterhead	3 – 1 *	Elgin City
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Selkirk	8 – 2 *	Civil Service Strollers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	1 – 0	Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	2 – 1	Hibernian
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 3 *	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	3 – 1	Montrose
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	2 – 2 †	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Motherwell
Stirlingshire Cup	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Stenhousemuir

^* – aggregate over two legs
† – trophy shared

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	30	19	8	3	72	32	+40	46
2	Keith	30	20	5	5	90	41	+49	45
3	Fraserburgh	30	18	5	7	86	48	+38	41

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Sandy Jardine	Rangers

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
30 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	East Germany	3–0	Friendly	Tommy Hutchison (pen.), Kenny Burns, Kenny Dalglish
20 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	1–2	ECQG4	Billy Bremner
5 February	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia (A)	Spain	1–1	ECQG4	Joe Jordan
16 April	Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg (A)	Sweden	1–1	Friendly	Ted MacDougall
13 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	1–0	Friendly	own goal
17 May	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–2	BHC	Colin Jackson, Bruce Rioch
20 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–0	BHC	Ted MacDougall, Kenny Dalglish, Derek Parlane
24 May	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–5	BHC	Bruce Rioch
1 June	Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest (A)	Romania	1–1	ECQG4	Gordon McQueen

1975 British Home Championship – Runner Up

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• ECQG4 = European Championship qualifying – Group 4
• BHC = British Home Championship